Giveaway! Blue Circle Shoelaces and Signed Books

What do you say we honor Diabetes Awareness Month by giving away some fresh diabetes swag?!

the giveaway items

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Five pairs of those swanky blue circle shoelaces that you see all of the cool diabetes advocates wearing – courtesy of Novo Nordisk.

One signed copy of my book, Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Dad

One signed copy of Moira McCarthy's book, Raising Teens with Diabetes

how to enter

Complete as many entry options as you want using the Rafflecopter app below, each option gives you a different number of chances to win and some options can be performed daily.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

choosing winners and other stuff you should know

Giveaway is only open to folks with US and Canadian addresses (I'm paying for shipping). Contest ends 11/30/2014 at midnight EST. Winners will be drawn at random by the Rafflecopter app. One prize per household.

Happy Diabetes Awareness Month!

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Opening Day: The Language of Baseball

Image property of Major League Baseball

Today, in celebration of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, a chapter from my book is available as an excerpt on both Huffington Post Parents and Huffington Post Sports. Baseball, Part II, is the story of how my son and I often communicate about life in baseball terms and how the game lends lessons that go far beyond the field.

The chapter captures a moment from my son Cole's 2012 Little League all-star tryout and ends with a conversation that we had about setting goals, perseverance and the love that we share for each other and baseball.

I hope you have a few moments to check it out and click share over at Huff Post. 

2013 Fall Championship game

Winner of the Gold 2013 Mom's Choice Award

I can't tell if I'm more excited to share my book on a big stage or to see a picture of Cole playing baseball on the front page of HuffSports, on Opening Day. 

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal is available at Amazon.com and everywhere that books and eBooks are sold.

Need a bit of advice...

I have an opportunity to share an excerpt from my book on Huffington Post Parents. If you have one, would you please share your favorite chapter or passage - I'm having trouble deciding which one to highlight. The text needs to be between 500 and 1,000 words, able to stand on its own as a blog post and speak to the parenting community.

I would really like to find out what parts of 'Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal' you found particularly memorable. This is such a great opportunity for the book to find a wider audience... I'm getting nervous that I may choose wrong and blow it. I've tried reading the reviews to get a feel but they are mostly about the book as a whole. I asked my publisher and my wife for their opinions but I think that when it comes down to it you guys will know best, I can't decide... I'm far too biased.

thank you so much!